Purpose The lesson plan on bullying will teach third-fifth grade students the skills needed to understand bullying.
Target audience The target audience who will learn about bullying is third-fifth grade students
Theme and curricular objectives The information on bullying taught in this lesson will support reading and writing standards from the Georgia Performance Standards and character education. Georgia Performance Standards ELA3R3 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. ELA4R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. ELA5R1The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. ELA4W1The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. ELA5W1The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure.
Character EducationTopic: Respect for Others Standard: Altruism: concern for and motivation to act for the welfare of others. 11.1 Civility and cheerfulness: courtesy and politeness in action of speech. 11.2 Compassion, kindness and generosity: concern for suffering or distress of others and response to their feeling and needs. 11.3 Courtesy and cooperation: recognition of mutual interdependence with others resulting in polite treatment and respect for them.
Instructional activities
Watch the video on bullying
Create a KWL chart about bullying
Read a book about bullying. A few examples are:
Blubber by Judy Blume
Dealing with bullying by Marianne Johnston
Nobody knew what to do by Becky R. McCain
Stop picking on me by Pat Thomas
The Berenstain Bears and the bully by Stan Berenstain
Amelia takes command by Marisa Moss
Bullies are a pain in the brain by Trevor Romain
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Pinky and Rex and the bully by James Howe
Thank you, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
The hundred dresses by E. Este
Arthur's April fool by Marc Brown
Talk about what it means to bullied and what to do if you are in that situation
Write a personal narrative about a time you were bullied or a time you were being a bully, or a bullying situation you witnessed
Assessments
Groups can role playing situations that involve bullying. They will include a solution to the problem in the role play situation. The groups will create a story board and then make a video of their role play situation on bullying. The video and story board will be like the one used at the beginning of the bullying lesson. The groups will be provided with a rubric that will be used to grade their video project on bullying.
Students can finish filling out the L part of the KWL chart
Students will be graded on their personal narrative
The lesson plan on bullying will teach third-fifth grade students the skills needed to understand bullying.
Target audience
The target audience who will learn about bullying is third-fifth grade students
Theme and curricular objectives
The information on bullying taught in this lesson will support reading and writing standards from the Georgia Performance Standards and character education.
Georgia Performance Standards
ELA3R3 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text.
ELA4R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational
texts.
ELA5R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts.
ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process.
ELA4W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure.
ELA5W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure.
Character Education Topic: Respect for Others
Standard: Altruism: concern for and motivation to act for the welfare of others.
11.1 Civility and cheerfulness: courtesy and politeness in action of speech.
11.2 Compassion, kindness and generosity: concern for suffering or distress of others and response to their feeling and needs.
11.3 Courtesy and cooperation: recognition of mutual interdependence with others resulting in polite treatment and respect for them.
Instructional activities
Assessments